Posted on Climate Central: 14 Sep 2014 — By John Upton Marine losers abound in the hustling currents of warming and acidifying oceans. Trying to figure out which types of sea life, particularly those that form calcium carbonate-rich cells and exoskeletons, such as some plankton, corals, and shellfish, will thrive
Month: September 2014
Bay Area Oysters Show Symptoms of Climate Change, Researchers Claim
Posted on NBC Bay Area: 10 Sep 2014 — By Joe Rosario — Featuring Hog Island’s Terry Sawyer and BOAR’s Dr. Tessa Hill Watch this video on NBC Bay Area, Text and video. On a clear, crisp day in the tiny West Marin town of Marshall, clusters of visitors to the
Ocean Acidification: NSF awards $11.4 million in new grants to study effects on marine ecosystems
Posted 9 Sep 2014: National Science Foundation Press Release 14-116 — Oceans may be acidifying faster today than in the past 300 million years With increasing levels of carbon dioxide accumulating in the atmosphere and moving into marine ecosystems, the world’s oceans are becoming more acidic. The oceans may be
Mussels Lose Footing in More Acidic Ocean
Posted 9 Sep 2014: Scientific American — Climate Wire By Miguel Llanos and The Daily Climate — Ocean acidification impairs mussels’ ability to attach to surfaces – alarming commercial growers farming the waters around Puget Sound Credit: David Monniaux via Wikimedia Commons Carbon from greenhouse gas emissions has steadily
Innovative Lab Gauges Acidification Effects on Marine Snails
Posted on NOAA Fisheries FishNews: 3 Sep 2014 — From the NOAA Ocean Acidification Program Carbon dioxide scrubbers like those that clean the air in space stations. Precision monitors and instruments. Industrial parts used in wastewater treatment. Michael Maher’s job was to assemble the pieces into one of the